Men's Basketball: 🇺🇸 Team USA Obliterates 🇧🇷 Brazil With Full-Team Effort in Wire-to-Wire Quarterfinal Win (122-87)
Next! One quarter was all I needed to see before I started writing this story. The USA men’s basketball team stomped Brazil in the quarterfinals on Tuesday (122-87) with a 35-point blowout — their biggest win yet. They hardly broke a sweat. Devin Booker (18 points) and Joel Embiid (14 points) caught the hot hands early with eight 3s between the pair on just 10 attempts. Anthony Edwards (17 points) and Anthony Davis (13 points) provided some highlight-reel plays while LeBron James was the court general (12 points, 9 assists). LeBron’s transition passing carved Brazil to pieces as Team USA waltzed into the semifinals. Like we said: Next!
What Lies Ahead: The U.S. will get Serbia for the third time in three weeks in the semifinals on Thursday. They won the first two meetings by 26 points each. Like we said: Next!
Top Scorers (Team USA)
Devin Booker: 18 points (5/7, 3-pt)
Anthony Edwards: 17 points (6/10, FG)
Joel Embiid: 14 points, 7 rebounds (3/3, 3-pt)
Anthony Davis: 13 points, 8 rebounds
LeBron James: 12 points, 9 assists
Watch: Team USA Smashes Brazil in Quarterfinals (122-87)
Other Men’s Basketball Quarterfinals
🇷🇸 Serbia def. 🇦🇺 Australia (95-90, OT)
Nikola Jokic (21 pts, 14 rebs) Leads 24-pt Comeback
🇫🇷 France def. 🇨🇦 Canada (82-73)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 27 pts Not Enough
🇩🇪 Germany def. 🇬🇷 Greece (76-63)
Franz Wagner (18 pts) & Dennis Schroder (13 pts)
Men’s Basketball Semifinals
🇫🇷 France vs. 🇩🇪 Germany (Thurs. 11:30 am)
🇺🇸 USA vs. 🇷🇸 Serbia (Thurs. 3:00 pm)
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